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Wednesday, 23 November 2016

Tell-Me Game

Speech Exercise: Speech
Topics for the Tell-Me Game

This
speech exercise is part of the Speak for Success Course. While you can use this
exercise to work on your speech skills at any time, it’s designed to work on a
particular speech skill that you can find out more about atLesson 2.

You will
need a partner for this exercise. As the listener, your partner’s role is to
listen for the particular speech problem being worked on and record all
instances of the speech problem.

As the
speaker, your role is to speak impromptu on one of the following speech topics
for two minutes like extempore.

Do NOT
spend time thinking about the topic before you speak.

Your favourite hobby and why
it’s your favourite.

What you would do if you won
five million dollars on the lottery?

If you had unlimited
resources, what would you do to improve your business?

What do you like best about
what you do? Why?

Which of the five senses is
most important? Why?

What skill or talent would
you most like to have? Why?

Why is the current federal
government doing such a bad job?

What should your town do to
create a better climate for business?

What are the best places to
eat in your town or city? Why?

What are the best things to
do to relax? Why?

What’s the worst fault a
person can have? Why?

If you could be young again,
would you? Why?

What are the four things you
least like to do? Why?

Who do you most admire? Why?

If you could visit any place
in the world, where would you go? Why?

What are your three best
personality traits? Why?

What do you like most about
living where you live? Why?

What was the worst job you
ever had? Why?

What was the best workshop
or conference you’ve ever attended? Why?

What is the most important
quality of an entrepreneur? Why?

Who would you most like to
have as a trainer? Why?

Is space exploration
important or unimportant? Why?

Cats are better pets than
dogs. (Or vice versa.)

What are the most important
ways you can increase your productivity?

The most important invention
of the twentieth century was ___________ because ______________.

What things should a person
never do on social media and
why?

The best vacation you ever
had was ______________ because _________________.

What are the most important
things that individuals can do to lessen the effects of climate change?

What could you live without
in your life and why?

How do you know when you
have a bad boss?

All high schools should
require students to volunteerx hours a week. True or false?

If you were Santa, what
three gifts would you give the world and why?

The one thing you would
never give up is _______________ because _______________.

Expand
Your Skills

Increase
the difficulty of this speech exercise by speaking impromptu on one of the
topics above for three minutes - or even five minutes, if you dare.